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What are you writing?

It makes me sad to see a writer's group with no discussions; so I thought perhaps a dose of broad-spectrum Q&A might get the ball rolling.

I've been focusing on playwrighting and crafting poetry for pleasure and gratification and journalism to bring home the bacon.

Et vous?

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Permalink Reply by Barelas Babe on November 10, 2008 at 9:22pm: HAHAHAHA! Yes, the BIC method is exactly right. BIC + looming deadline is even better, IMO.

I find sometimes I do my best writing in transitional places - airplanes, airports, trains, hotels. BIC is easier for me when I don't have the laundry pile within eyesight.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Martini Mike on August 19, 2008 at 11:10am: I am writing poetry, blogs, articles, and 3 books at once.
The titles are a closely guarded secret.
1= 20 years or so of my attempted rise to rock stardom and how I ended up here.
2= 30 years or so of my love life! A playful guide to dating.
3= Vegas Baby, Vegas. (Still in note taking phase); ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Paul on August 23, 2008 at 9:27am: playwrighting is an interest for me. Actually any writing meant for performance, be it monologue, storytelling, playwright, are of interest. My question is what is the difference between writing for performance and writing for the printed page?; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by bluejays47 on August 23, 2008 at 9:45am: I think that the main difference is that when you're writing for performance, you have to leave some room for the performers to create their own interpretation. Not all playwrights do this- the published version of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, for example, is awash in stage directions. However, since theatre is a collaborative art, you need to have that collaboration in mind when you write.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Paul on August 23, 2008 at 6:18pm: Yes that's something I'm learning, giving room for collaboration. I see most plays have maybe one line of stage direction at the beginning of a scene and the rest is dialogue.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Jim M on August 26, 2008 at 3:00pm: I've been working on a novel for what seems like forever. It started as a short story that was published over 10 years ago. I adapted the short story into a screenplay which was produced in 2000 and while working on the screenplay in began to get out of control and is now in novel form.

Have published a number of erotic short stories in magazines, anthologies and the web.; ▶ Reply to This

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